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[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Vince wrote: "Thanks for inviting me. I look forward to participating."

Lexie wrote: "Many thanks to Kew for inviting me - this looks good! I love so many different books it depends on my mood what I'd pick as favourites - Jane Austen and Charles Dickens definitely, not Thomas Hardy..."

Welcome Lexie and Vince- wonderful to have you with us!

Lexie- so nice to see the name Fanny Burney mentioned!! she deserves to be remembered!!

[Thomas]

Thanks for Rick for inviting me to join the group. My name's Thomas, and I've been a reader all my life. Right now I'm hitting the Shakespeare hard, but my tastes are diverse. I'm also a starving writer. I'm looking forward to getting recommendations for some new book and discussing the ones that I love!

[[deleted user]]

Hello, all new writers/readers! It's great to see some new faces on here since I joined, a page earlier.

D.d -- sorry took so long to reply. Yes, I write YA. I love the YA genre because it's so diverse, and you have so many different people who read it -- young teens, older teens, young adults, and the normal adults. PG is good for anybody, I think. I personally don't like to read books that are on the far side of PG-13.

[D.D. Chant]

Me too Alexandra! All my books are PG and as it is I find it hard letting my Dad read them! (No, no Dad! Don't read that bit, they hold hands!!!!) What are your books about? Sci-fi? Historical?.....?

[[deleted user]]

I like to change up genres depending on the book I'm writing, but most of them have a science fiction/horror air about them (though not gory -- more old-fashioned). I also like romance, but nothing...sexual.

My newest book is the start of a science fiction series called the Foxfire Chronicles, titled Shadows of Past Memories. It's really a story about how two best friends are moving on with their lives after surviving ugly pasts -- though to shake things up, one has a secret past, and is being hunted by an otherworldly madman. There are a lot of science fiction elements, but I didn't make things complicated, as some sci-fi books do. I wanted it to be something that everyone can enjoy.

Though my next book, out soon, is a Christmas novel, and is therefore more fantasy.

Here's my website, if you're interested in checking the books out. You can also read the first few chapters of Shadows of Past Memories: http://www.alexandralanc.com

[Marianne]

Hi Readers and Writers,
thank you for the invite. I love James Mason and so am glad to be here and look forward to meeting you all. I love chatting about books and writing (can't shut me up usually!) but this week is a very busy time for me because as well as being a writer, I run an online creative writing school, www.writingclasses.co.uk, and our new session of courses starts today, which means this week is going to be super busy! So, if I am not around for a bit, forgive, me, but I will be back :o)
Marianne Wheelaghan
The Blue Suitcase

[Steve]

Hi everyone,

I was invited to join the group by my Goodreads' friend, Karen (Kew). I'm a writer as well as an avid reader, having just turned Indie writer this year after trying to break into traditional print for the last six years. I managed to secure an agent with my debut book and many nice things were said about it by the publishers as it went the rounds, but it was rejected for one reason or another. I certainly gave the trad route a fair try, but it's no fun keep being told you're not good enough by the few people who pull the strings. So I thought I'd go it alone and let the readers decide. And it's been great.

You can find out more about me on my website here: http://www.steve-robinson.me/Welcome.... or I have an author profile on Amazon.

Apart from reading and writing I'm a bit of a wine lover - in moderation of course :o) - and I play golf and like to ski when I can. I started a project a few months ago to build a writers retreat log cabin in my back garden and although it's taken far longer than I'd imagined it's all coming together in time for the colder weather.

I'll start a thread in the author section soon if anyone wants to drop by for a chat - you'll have to bring your own wine though.

Best wishes,
Steve

In the Blood

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Marianne wrote: "Hi Readers and Writers,
thank you for the invite. I love James Mason and so am glad to be here and look forward to meeting you all. I love chatting about books and writing (can't shut me up usual..."

Steve wrote: "Hi everyone,

I am so happy to welcome all our new members!!! also so happy to see that fellow members- Karen (kew) ect have invite others to join- to me this is symbolic of a real online "Community" - EVERY member is in a real sense the Moderator and should (and I hope) feel free to invite all those they feel will enjoy OUR Group!
again- welcome all!
Rick

[Mark]

Hi I'm Mark and fairly new to the site so just finding my way around. I'm an author but I read way more than I write and won't go plugging my wares everywhere. Here's a cheeky link to my short stories though. Slime and other stories.
Predominately I write Horror but my reading covers many genres.

[David]

Dear Rick,
A new list of the "Goodreads Top 100 Poems of All Time" has just been posted by the Serious Literature Group:
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/13...
I hope that James Madison members will go to the list and vote for their favorite poems and poets of all time.
Thanks to the many James Madison members who made such great recommendations.
This list is epic.

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

David wrote: "Dear Rick,
A new list of the "Goodreads Top 100 Poems of All Time" has just been posted by the Serious Literature Group:
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/13......"

thanks David- great list!!! (only complaint- no John Donne!)
James Madison or James Mason? Happy to have voted for James Mason for Prez- except he was not born in US and never ran :>)))

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Gary wrote: "Hi to all who loved mixed genres and multiple genres.

Thanks for friending.

I am a multi-genre author and I would like to invite you to follow my blog.

It's a forum for authors of varied f..."

welcome Gary! great blog!! joined it

[Youngblood]

My name is Youngblood Hawke. Friends call me Bloody or Hawke. Either is fine. Wierd name for a kid growing up. Got lots of kidding. I want to thank Rick for inviting me to join.

[Faith]

Just like to say I'm releasing my new novel tomorrow, Children of The Plantation, drop in and take a peek if you've time. We have virtual bubbly and canapes - should be fun!
The links are ;http://www.amazon.com/Children-of-the...

and for the UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-of-t...
see you there!

[Lexi]

Hi to everyone! I'm Lexi Revellian.

I write the sort of book I like to read - feel-good page turners, and was lucky enough to jump on the first UK Kindle wave last year and sell 44,000 books.

I have a website for readers, http://www.lexirevellian.com/, and a blog mainly for fellow writers, http://lexirevellian.blogspot.com/.

I live in London, and my day job is making jewellery and silver under my real name, Lexi Dick.

[D.D. Chant]

Lexi jewellery is my next favourate thing after books!

[Lexi]

D.d. wrote: "Lexi jewellery is my next favourate thing after books!"

Me too - though it's a strange thing, jewellers seldom wear much jewellery. I have to remember to put it on if I go out in the evening.

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Lexi wrote: "Hi to everyone! I'm Lexi Revellian.

I write the sort of book I like to read - feel-good page turners, and was lucky enough to jump on the first UK Kindle wave last year and sell 44,000 books.

I ..."

Youngblood wrote: "My name is Youngblood Hawke. Friends call me Bloody or Hawke. Either is fine. Wierd name for a kid growing up. Got lots of kidding. I want to thank Rick for inviting me to join."

WELCOME!! Lexi and Youngblood- so happy you are now fellow members!!!

[D.D. Chant]

Lexi, I knew a Jeweller, and his wife always had the most beautiful rings, so I told her that I'd decided to marry a jeweller! Her reply? 'I wouldn't, my husband's always trying to sell my rings!'

[Steve]

James Mason is one of all time favourites! Thanks for the invite anyway.
I'm a British horror/thriller writer with a leaning towards the big adventure horrors of bygone days, like Wheatley. My books are here:
Steve Emmett

[Lexi]

D.d. wrote: "Lexi, I knew a Jeweller, and his wife always had the most beautiful rings, so I told her that I'd decided to marry a jeweller! Her reply? 'I wouldn't, my husband's always trying to sell my rings!'"

Probably to make some money - designer/makers aren't much better paid than writers, and there are fewer famous ones. But both jobs have their rewarding side :o)

[D.D. Chant]

I decided that I'd marry a sheik instead, Lexi!

[Lexi]

D.d. wrote: "I decided that I'd marry a sheik instead, Lexi!"

So did you?

[Alan]

I click on the "comment" link and directly above the little box where I can do so I see this

"to becoming a chef and never find myself without a book.

I absolutely love Jane Austen and PG Wodehouse."

Well, if I had any doubts about this being a congenial spot those two sentences (well, one full and one partial) dispelled any and all doubts.

Not particularly interested in becoming a chef, but I love to cook. Being without a book is unthinkable. And both Ms. Austen and Mr. Wodehouse are high on my short list of Favorite Authors.

I read all sorts of stuff, including some of the great YA books my daughter reads, historical biographies, classics from the likes of Dickens, Stevenson, Collins, Twain and Conrad, wonderful, wise and witty Pratchett, I'm a Tolkien fan from way, way back, and right now I am rereading All Creatures Great and Small and discovering all over again just what captivated me when the book first came out.

I am a retailer by way of earning a living, a writer by way of not being able to help myself, and a guitarist by way of needing a way to annoy my family.

By the way, what inspired the use of Mr. Mason's name here?

Best,
Alan

[Darci]

Hi, I’m Darci Hannah and I’d like to thank Rick for inviting me to this group. What a fantastic gathering of readers and writers! I’ll just come out and say it: I’m a book lover too. I adore well-written, mesmerizing, compelling, thought-provoking reads with characters that linger in the imagination long after the last page is turned. I love books so much that a few years ago I was compelled to become an author too. I currently have two works of historical fiction (The Exile of Sara Stevenson (2010) and The Angel of Blythe Hall (2011)) and, y’know, always have another in the works. I’m inspired by those great authors who have blazed the trail before me, and hope that someday I just might inspire another to pick up a pen and share their stories with the world as well. Currently I read a lot of history (hazard of the job) but still manage to squeeze in good fiction. Right now life is a precarious balancing act with kids and family taking first priority, squeezing reading and writing between cooking and laundry, while still attempting to carve out a few precious moments for a hike, paddle or whatnot. I apologize in advance for not being online more; but really, there are just so many hours in a day... Oh, and here's a link if you're curious Darci Hannah

[D.D. Chant]

Hi Darci, my name's DeeDee. What sort of genres do you like?

[D.D. Chant]

Still working on it, Lexi!!!

[D.D. Chant]

Hi Alan! How could I have forgotten P.G. Wodehouse and James Heriot??? Both are such funny writers, I've read every book.
How do you feel about sci-fi? Because I write it! Oops! Forgot: I'm supposed to be being subtle!!!

[Geevee]

Hi,
I've just joined this group. I love books: reading, collecting, walking around bookshops, reading book reviews etc - so this group is great, and has already helped expand my TBR list. My wife thinks my interest (obsession with books) makes me barking mad.

I have a keen interest in history, especially social and political around the Victorian and early 20th Century European, plus British Monarchs and miltary history. I also like the early space programme to the end of Apollo, and read crime novels and historical fiction, plus British Sci-Fi (50s-80s) and the odd book about music and sport in society.

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Darci wrote: "Hi, I’m Darci Hannah and I’d like to thank Rick for inviting me to this group. What a fantastic gathering of readers and writers! I’ll just come out and say it: I’m a book lover too. I adore well-w..."

Geevee wrote: "Hi,
I've just joined this group. I love books: reading, collecting, walking around bookshops, reading book reviews etc - so this group is great, and has already helped expand my TBR list. My wif..."

welcome welcome!! Geevee and Darci!!

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

Alan wrote: "I click on the "comment" link and directly above the little box where I can do so I see this

"to becoming a chef and never find myself without a book.

I absolutely love Jane Austen and PG Wodehou..."

Steve wrote: "James Mason is one of all time favourites! Thanks for the invite anyway.
I'm a British horror/thriller writer with a leaning towards the big adventure horrors of bygone days, like Wheatley. My book..."

So great to have you here Alan and Steve!!

Alan- excellent question- when I started the group 2 years ago- I named it in memory of my favorite actor- James Mason- and it focused mainly on British Lit- and the original name was The James Mason Classic British Book Club- We grew so very much and expanded our genres and discussions to include ALL areas and genres- so I had to change the name of the Group- but my tribute to James Mason was "non-negotiable!" so I decided on The James Mason Community Book Club- because- as you read our many posts- we truly are a Community in every sense of the word- and the original inspiration for the group- my desire to honor the memory of my favorite actor- James Mason- remains in place.

[D.D. Chant]

Hi Geevee! Nice to meet you! My name is DeeDee and I'm trying to be an author. I love reading and have bought a kindle to help fule my addiction and love it. Are you digital or old school?

[Geeta]

Hi! Thanks for the invite Rick, I'm always a fan of meeting new like-minded individuals. Yay for reading and writing!

My debut novel, Reaching Riverdale just released this month..

I'm super excited about it. I'm also a reporter and along with that am working on my second novel with a Jan deadline.

Soo.. that's it. I'm a happy, friendly individual who loves books, writing, pink things, sparkly things, meeting new people and a whole lot more! :)

Check out my website http://www.geetaschrayter.com and fan page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Geeta-S... ...and tweet me! http://twitter.com/#!/princessgeeta

xg

[Sabine]

Hi, My name is Sabine A. Reed. Reading has always been my first love, and writing a close second. My twitter Id is @SabineAReed. And my favourite books are "To Kill a Mocking Bird", and "The Hobbit". I love fantasy, but also read romance, thrillers, mysteries, paranormal...and what not.

[KOMET]

Hi Sabine!

WELCOME TO THE CLUB. :)

Seeing that you enjoy reading books in the fantasy genre (among others), allow me to recommend the following 2 books to you ---

1) The Once and Future King by T.H. White



It brings out the story of King Arthur and Camelot in a way that you may never have experienced before.

2) Marked By The Moon by Lori Handeland



Alexandra Trevalyn, a proficient and highly skilled werewolf hunter, is captured and forceably made into a werewolf. Her life now turned upside-down, Alex faces new challenges and unexpectedly finds love with an erstwhile enemy.

Happy Reading!


KOMET

[[deleted user]]

KOMET wrote: "Hi Sabine!

WELCOME TO THE CLUB. :)

Seeing that you enjoy reading books in the fantasy genre (among others), allow me to recommend the following 2 books to you ---

1) [book:The Once an..."

These both sound like great reads! I haven't read much fantasy, but I'd definitely give them a try.

[Geevee]

D.d. wrote: "Hi Geevee! Nice to meet you! My name is DeeDee and I'm trying to be an author. I love reading and have bought a kindle to help fule my addiction and love it. Are you digital or old school?"

Hi DeeDee, I'm old school. I've never lost the joy of when I was a child sitting in the bookshop for hours on end looking at and choosing books. I also work with technology all day so it's a nice escape - he says writing this on my laptop! That said I'm sure I'll be "kindled" one day as it's so much easier than carrying hefty books when commuting or on holiday/vacation.

[Marianne]

Hello Geevee, Alexandra, Komet, Sabine, Geeta, Gary, Dee Dee Darcy and Rick and everyone else, gosh, this is so busy! Juist popped in to say hello, just a bit busy at the moment to stay for long. Look forward to getting to know you all and sharing books (our own or otherwise!). I am planning to post some stuff on The Meet The Author section soon...will let you know so if you are interested you can have a peek:) Someone mentioned PG Wodehouse (amongst other books), I too am a big fan. Anyway, have to go. Hope to pop back soon :)
PS My debut novel is The Blue Suitcase

[Matt]

I'm Matt Posner. I'm an indie writer and a teacher in NYC. My current work is in YA fantasy -- about a magic school in New York -- but I have a background in literary/academic fiction also. I have quite varied tastes as a reader, ranging from the presumed fantasy literature to traditional greats to humorists to paranormal to professional wrestling meoirs. No snob I, although I can be dismissive about things that I think are poorly written and I will certainly make assertions people disagree with.

[D.D. Chant]

Hi Matt, Don't you sing as well?!?!?! *singing* 'cos you think you're cooler than me'

Bet you've heard that one a million times!!!

[Tamara]

Hi Everyone, My name is Tamara and I live in Arizona but am originally from NY. I am married to a wonderful man and we have three great cats. I love to read all sorts of books but am not overly crazy about romantic novels. I have a few favorite authors but I enjoy reading new authors and am always amazed at how many great ones I find. I look forward to chatting with everyone. : ))

[D.D. Chant]

Hi Tamara! Fancy seeing you here!!!

[Tamara]

D.d. wrote: "Hi Tamara! Fancy seeing you here!!!"

Hey D.d. Looks like we are becoming fast friends! : ))

[D.D. Chant]

Tamara wrote: "D.d. wrote: "Hi Tamara! Fancy seeing you here!!!"

Hey D.d. Looks like we are becoming fast friends! : ))"

I promise it's that and I'm not staking you!!!lol

[Rick-Founder JM CM BOOK CLUB]

very warm welcome to allout new members!!!

[Geoff]

Thanks for the invite Rick,

I am looking forward to contributing to the group.

A bit about me and my novel – Being a Scouse (who now lives in Sydney, Oz) and a lover of history, is it any wonder that my first novel is set in Liverpool. Check out Ice King and the reviews & comments on Amazon US & UK sites, as well as my own site.

I was happy to wake up this morning to find that on Amazon UK Kindle, Ice King, under historical fiction / romance slavery is #1 and # 6 in the US. Under Adventure slavery in the US it is #6 & in the UK it is #9, which goes to prove that statistics to an author is like a lamp post to a drunk – more for support than enlightenment! :-o)

I have just spent quite a long time trying to add a picture to this message from those that I have on my GR home page - any help would be appreciated.
cheers
Geoff

[D.D. Chant]

Hi Geoff! My names DeeDee, I'm 24 and I live in England.
I write too! My first novel has been available just under two months now. I took a look at your link and the book looks interesting. I watched 'Amazing Grace' recently and enjoyed it despite the sadness of the subject matter. If you don't mind me asking what was it that prompted you to write this story?

[Marianne]

Hello James Mason Fans! Sorry not been around a lot this week, I don't know if I said I run an online creative writing school and this is the first week of the new session, which is always very busy! Nice to be back, and a hello to new peeps Matt, Tamara and Geoff - and another hello to Dee Dee, who I promise I am not stalking ;o) And I now see your novel is available, Dee Dee, so will look that up! And hello Geoff, who I've met online too. Great news about the Ice King! Impressive stuff, we need all the lamp posts we can get ;o) Will check out all the other books here no, they all look great. Look forward to lots of book talk soon!

[D.D. Chant]

Hi Marianne, Glad we got that sorted out!!!lol

[Philip]

Hello, I'm Phil van Wulven, I live in Canada, and I read a lot in several fiction genres - historical, thrillers, and science fiction, mostly, and current developments in archaeology and palaeontology.
I also write, again in several genres - short stories, some Sherlock Holmes (Conan Doyle emulation) novelettes, and so far two novels, both of which are somewhere between thriller and adventure, though one has a touch of science fiction and the other leans more to Literary fiction.